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Ben Abbiss & Matthew Dresch

Frantic mum clung onto baby as they were almost blown away in 75mph winds

A mum has told of her frantic efforts to save her baby as her pram was almost blown away by 75mph winds.

Bystanders rushed to help Lucy Dahlberg as the pram started to suddenly pull sideways into the air near the top of a hill on Dale Terrace in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Huddersfield and other parts of the region were battered by 75mph gusts, causing trees to fall and danger to pedestrians after the Met Office issued a weather warning for West Yorkshire.

Lucy, 23, was "in absolute shock and panicking" as she felt the pram being pulled from her in the winds.

Her one-month-old baby, Jenson, incredibly stayed asleep inside the pram as her four-year-old son, Eli, struggled to keep his feet while bravely helping his mum keep hold of his sibling.

Pedestrians helped the mother as she was battered by the winds (MEN Media)

Lucy thinks heavy shopping bags stored under the pram saved it from fully blowing away there and then, but it still required help from two bystanders to get the family to safety.

Lucy, from Sowerby Bridge, recalled: "A woman came out of a house running down the hill to help us, but even with her too we could still barely move. We were just pinned by the wind.

"Then a man came out to help too and it took all three of us to keep the pram down and manage to get us up the hill."

The pram was almost pulled away by 75mph gusts (PA)

The group managed to make their way around a corner, out of the wind, where Lucy could check on her baby son.

She said: "He had been thrown about a bit as he was slumped right onto his side with his face pushed up against the side of the carrycot.

"He was a lot further down than where he had started in it, slumped right under his blankets."

Thankfully, Lucy, Eli and Jenson were uninjured.

Across West Yorkshire, strong winds felled trees, causing obstructions on roads and paths.

Brighouse Road in Keelham was closed after a tree fell across it at around 8pm and remains shut today.

Halifax Road in Halifax, one of the main routes into the town, was blocked when a large tree blew down into the street.

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